dejected - being in low spirits; depressed leisurely - unhurried admonish - to criticize for a fault in a serious way pantomime - to express oneself using only gestures and facial expressions vigorous - strong, energetic, and active petty - small importance mourn - to feel or express grief or sorrow deliberate - done in a slow, purposeful manner ascend - to move upward quest - in search of adventure or to perform a task
lure - a strong attraction, charm, or enticement haste - swiftness of motion; hurry hoard - a hidden supply that is stored for future use infuriate - to make furious; enrage allude - to refer to something indirectly bewildered - confused; puzzled bicker - to argue over unimportant matters audible - loud enough to be heard applicable - capable of being applied trifle - something of little importance or value
scald to burn with hot liquid or steam crude - lacking tact or refinement grieve - mourn; to feel distress fester - to become a source of resentment or irritation quaver - to shake, as from fear prowl - to roam stealthily, as if in search of prey bawl - to cry or sob loudly muzzle - a leather or wire device fitted over an animal's snout to prevent biting caress - a gentle touch or gesture of fondness tenderness, or love depot - a warehouse or storehouse
gritted - clamped or ground together, as in anger or frustration anvil - a heavy block of iron or steel on which metals are shaped by hammering provisions - a measure taken in preparation query - a question domain - a territory or range of rule or control wile - a deceitful strategy or trick woe - deep sorrow; grief frazzle - to tire out completely gawk - to stare stupidly persistent - refusing to give up or let go
inexplicable - in capable of being explained or understood indistinct - not clearly heard adjacent - next to precarious - dangerously lacking in security or stability authentic - true; credible legitimate - supported by logic or common sense; reasonable tedious - tiresome because of slowness, dullness, or length deft - quick and skillful pursuant - proceeding from and conformable to initiate - to begin or start
conspicuous - attracting attention quarry - an animal hunted or chased portico - a porch or walkway with a room supported by columns reluctantly - unwilling lingered - to be slow in leaving copse - a thicket of small trees or bushes resilient - having the ability to recover quickly, as from misfortune forage - to search for food forum - a public meeting place for open discussion infer - to arrive at by reasoning from evidence; conclude
dejected - being in low spirits; depressed
leisurely - unhurried
admonish - to criticize for a fault in a serious way
pantomime - to express oneself using only gestures and facial expressions
vigorous - strong, energetic, and active
petty - small importance
mourn - to feel or express grief or sorrow
deliberate - done in a slow, purposeful manner
ascend - to move upward
quest - in search of adventure or to perform a task
lure - a strong attraction, charm, or enticement
haste - swiftness of motion; hurry
hoard - a hidden supply that is stored for future use
infuriate - to make furious; enrage
allude - to refer to something indirectly
bewildered - confused; puzzled
bicker - to argue over unimportant matters
audible - loud enough to be heard
applicable - capable of being applied
trifle - something of little importance or value
scald to burn with hot liquid or steam
crude - lacking tact or refinement
grieve - mourn; to feel distress
fester - to become a source of resentment or irritation
quaver - to shake, as from fear
prowl - to roam stealthily, as if in search of prey
bawl - to cry or sob loudly
muzzle - a leather or wire device fitted over an animal's snout to prevent biting
caress - a gentle touch or gesture of fondness tenderness, or love
depot - a warehouse or storehouse
gritted - clamped or ground together, as in anger or frustration
anvil - a heavy block of iron or steel on which metals are shaped by hammering
provisions - a measure taken in preparation
query - a question
domain - a territory or range of rule or control
wile - a deceitful strategy or trick
woe - deep sorrow; grief
frazzle - to tire out completely
gawk - to stare stupidly
persistent - refusing to give up or let go
inexplicable - in capable of being explained or understood
indistinct - not clearly heard
adjacent - next to
precarious - dangerously lacking in security or stability
authentic - true; credible
legitimate - supported by logic or common sense; reasonable
tedious - tiresome because of slowness, dullness, or length
deft - quick and skillful
pursuant - proceeding from and conformable to
initiate - to begin or start
conspicuous - attracting attention
quarry - an animal hunted or chased
portico - a porch or walkway with a room supported by columns
reluctantly - unwilling
lingered - to be slow in leaving
copse - a thicket of small trees or bushes
resilient - having the ability to recover quickly, as from misfortune
forage - to search for food
forum - a public meeting place for open discussion
infer - to arrive at by reasoning from evidence; conclude